Important correction, checking fda's actual numbers it's only 30 million pounds, not billion. So that's only an 80 foot high pile per year, which is still quite

Important correction, checking fda's actual numbers it's only 30 million pounds, not billion. So that's only an 80 foot high pile per year, which is still quite a lot but not as crazy an amount. Regardless, somewhere between 3/4 and 4/5 of antibiotics used in agriculture is used "sub-therapeutically", merely to increase the growth rate of animals and not to treat disease.